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Muséum parisien histoire physiologique, pittoresque, philosophique et grotesque de toutes les bêtes curieuses de Paris et de la banlieu

Illustrated by: J. J. Grandville (Isidore-Adolphe Gèrard) (French, 1803–1847)
Illustrated by: Paul Gavarni (Hippolyte Guillaume Sulpice Chevalier) (French, 1804–1866)
Engraved by: Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
Illustrated by: Charles Joseph Traviès de Villers (Swiss, active in France, 1804–1859)
Illustrated by: Jacques Joseph Lécurieux (French, born in 1801)
Illustrated by: Henry Monnier (French, 1799–1877)
Engraved by: J. Birouste (French, 19th century)
Engraved by: Adrien (Jacques Adrien) Lavieille (French, 1818–1862)
Engraved by: Louis [family] (French, 19th century)
Author: Louis Huart (French, 1813–1865)
Publisher: Beauger et Cie (French, 1800–1899)
Publisher: Aubert [Firm] (French, 19th century)
1841
Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 350 wood engravings
Dimensions Overall: 26 x 18 x 3 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Philip Hofer, Esq.
Accession Number41.308
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Paris: Beauger et Ce, 1841

Catalogue Raisonné Vicaire IV, 221-22; Brivois, p. 297; Bouvy, Daumier, see no. 420
Description(Paris: Beauger et Ce, 1841) Large octavo; [2 ff.] 395 pp.; contemporary gilt- and blind-stamped half brown morocco, cloth boards.

Small caricature vignettes.
ProvenancePhilip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984), by whom given to MFA May 8, 1941.